UBA PSK63 Prefix Contest

1. Date

14 january 2017, 12:00 UTC until 15 january 2017, 11:59 UTC.
(every year the 2nd weekend of january)

2. Participants

Participation is open to all radio amateurs world wide in possession of a valid licence and to all SWL's.

3. Mode

BPSK63 only

4. Bands

10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meter, in the segments recommended by the IARU for this mode.

5. Power

Maximum power output 50 W (5 W for QRP), in order not to cause interference or splatter to other participants.

6. Categories

Single Operator All Band - SOAB

Single Operator Single Band (SO10, etc.)

Single Operator All Band QRP - SOABQRP

Single Operator Single Band QRP (SO10QRP, etc.)

Multi Operator, only All Band - MO (max output 50W)

SWL all bands.(see point 17)

7. Remarks

The use of DX clusters is permitted in all categories. Self spotting, asking others to spot you, undercover spots or any spots from multi operator team members are not allowed.

In the Single Operator categories, only one transmitted signal on the air is permitted at any time.

In the Single Operator Single Band categories , QSO´s may be made on other bands but the operator can only opt for an award on one band. Make sure that you marked the correct category in your log. Do not remove the QSO's on other bands.

In the Multi operator categories, only one transmitted signal per band at any one time is permitted. All transmitters, receivers, and antennas must be within a radius of 500m.

Only one callsign is allowed to be used for the duration of the contest.

8. General call

CQ UBA PFX TEST

9. Valid Contacts

Stations may be contacted anywhere in the world. Each station can be contacted only once per band.

10. Exchange

Stations located outside of Belgium:

RSQ followed by a serial number starting with 001.

Stations located in Belgium (ON)
RSQ followed by the 3 lettercode of the UBA Section. Non UBA members will send XXX.

Examples:

OO9O is a UBA member and will send 599 ACC

ONxZZZ is not a UBA member and will send 599 XXX

LX/OO9O is UBA member but not in Belgium and will send 599 001

9A5RBJ is UBA member but is at home and will send 599 001

ON/ 9A5RBJ is on holliday in Belgium and UBA member and will send 599 NBT

ON/9AxZZZ is on holliday in Belgium, but not a UBA member and will send 599 XXX

11. Points

Every QSOs one (1) point.

12. Multiplier

Every prefix according to the WPX rules once on each band.

Every UBA Section once on each band. (XXX is also a multiplier)

13. Final score

The sum of the points obtained, multiplied by the sum of all the multipliers obtained on all bands.

14. Logs

All logs must be submitted electronically in CABRILLO format. Paper logs, logs in Word, excel or pdf are not accepted.

Send your log by email as an attachment to ubapsk63 [at] uba [dot] be. Do not compress your file.

Mention your callsign in the subjectline of your email.

The logfile should be called XXXXX.log (where XXXXX is the callsign you used)

Logs must be received within 1 week after the contest. Deadline is januari 22, 23:59 UTC. Logs received after that date will be used as checklog.

If you have any questions or problems regarding this contest, please contact the contest manager contest [at] uba [dot] be

The confirmation that your log has been received does not mean that it is valid, it merely confirms that it has been received. If we are having problems with your log we will contact you.

Received logs will be published on the UBA website. A link will be provided in your confirmation email. This is a manual process, so please be patient and do not send your log again unless you made corrections in your log. The last log received will be accepted.

15. Log correction issues

Not in log QSO's will be removed from the log.

Busted or bad calls will be removed from the log.

QSO's with and error in the received QSO number will be removed from the log.

16. Prizes

Digital certificates for the winner in every category and for the winner in each DXCC country. Additional certificates for all participants with at least 20 valid QSO's in their log. The certificates will reflect the participants place WW, in his continent and in his DXCC country.

17. SWL rules

SWL's have to report Date, UTC, band, Callsign of the station copied, QSO number sent by the station copied and the callsign of the station being worked. A station will count only once for points on each band. A station being worked may only be used 10 times on each band. SWL's can use the program SWL_DQR_log from SP7DQR. http://sp7dqr.pl/en/contests.php